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Show Page Two The Springville Herald - November 20, 2003 DaiiDI:Si!fltefi In EMTORIAL CJobo encouraged to contioiue music program in 6th Grade Nebo School District is bursting at the seams. The student population is expected students by the year ZUll). In order to accommodate the increase, the district is looking at building 10 new school buildings including seven elementary schools, one jr. high and two high schools. In order to do this, the district is planning to eliminate the middle schools and move all the sixth grade students back into the elementary schools with seventh grade becoming becom-ing a part of trie jr. high again. Because of this change, there are problems connected with continuing the music programs to the sixth grade. This is the number one concern with this proposed change. How do you continue teaching band, orchestra and choir to the sixth grade students? We recommend that because of the amazing success in those music programs from sixth grade through grade 12 in the SpringvilleMpleton area, that Nebo School District do all they can to preserve the music program in the sixth grade. It is a fact tliat young people who study music do better in all subjects. They are usually on the honor rolls and make friends with each other. They are busy with their school work but also with practicing their instruments and performing. perform-ing. When young people start playing an instrument early, they have more success. When young people learn to play an instrument or sing together, they not only learn to read music, but they learn cooperation and develop fine motor skills. They acquire confidence and a sense of belonging that comes from being a part of a group all doing the same thing with the same goals in mind. We read in this week's newspaper of the success of the Springville High School Marching Band on the field, and more importantly the student's behavior OFF the field at their recent trip to Lodi, California for a marching competition. competi-tion. These young people have learned much more than music. All of the music groups in our schools have done very well. We have reat teachers who work hard to insure that the students succeed. These programs must continue, and they will do better if young people in the sixth grade are exposed to music and instruments. There are few programs in the state that rival the excellence excel-lence found in the music programs in the Springville schools. , , Springville Herald 161 South Main Springville, UT84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, a Pulitzer, Inc. Newspaper Subscriptions&DcIive-ryScrvice...375- 5103 News & Advertising 489-S6SI Fax..... 489-7021 E-mail jrtcityatvpro.com USPS513-060. 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Letters are welcome to increase by nearly 10,000 Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police remind citizens of the winter parking restrictions that went into effect on Nov. 15 and will remain until Mar. IS, 2004. Make sure that vehicles are parked off the roadway. For more information call 491-8048 491-8048 or 489-9668 after hours or on weekends. Police had 58 calls during the week of Nov. 4 to Nov. 11. They arrested Francisco Javier Guiterrez, 270 S. 900 East, Provo, for giving false information to police. Roberto Topia Martinez, 1525 S. 400 East, Springville, Springvil-le, was cited for driving on s suspended license, no insurance insur-ance and using invalid license li-cense plates. Brad Horton, 123 E. Center, Nephi, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. A stolen check was illegally ille-gally duplicated and cashed over 30 times, and a credit card was illegally used to purchase over the Internet. During the week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 18, police had 51 calls with 11 of those for animals. Timothy A. Drown, Rt. 3 Box 151 Hobble Creek Canyon, Can-yon, Springville, was cited fur driving on a suspended license. Tiffany Hopkins, 315 W. 100 South, Springville, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding warrants. Cary Lentz, 911 S. 880 West, Payson, was arrested for giving false information to police. A ladder was stolen and later found at a pawn shop; a check was taken from a home; checks were stolen from a vehicle and cashed; and a stereo was taken from a vehicle. A tennis racket and baseball base-ball mitt were turned into the police dept. after being found in a park. And police rescued a man who had been cutting down a tree when the tree fell on him. To act is to annex to our thoughts vaster fields of experience. Dear Mr. Tobler: I would like to congratulate congratu-late you and the Springville High Red Devil Band, on your outstanding performance perfor-mance at the 2003 Grape Bowl Classic. While your performance on the field was well rewarded, I was more 'impressed with your studen njTvrMPMX Vv1 11 1-M-l- JL Editor: In the Saturday edition of the Daily Herald, the lifestyles life-styles section printed an article regarding crosswalks. Although it was aimed at new enforcement for Alpine and Highland residents, I believe it is also something Springville residents and our new city council members need to pay dire attention to as well. I have lived in Springville for almost six years and I have seen a lot of drivers just ignoring pedestrians while standing at the crosswalks. I have also witnessed several, impatient or ignorant drivers who drive straight through crosswalks when other cars are stopped at them. According Accord-ing to the Daily Herald, state law says that "motorists must stop when a pedestrian is at a crosswalk. A violation of the law carries a $75 fine." The importance of crosswalks cross-walks has ben a dangling issues on my mind lately, especially since I live in a Message Editor: As a patriotic American working in a dangerous corner of the world, I gratified by the support of my fellow Americans back home in trying to make conditions better for me and our fellow Americans here in the Middle East. Many service men and women have come here, and some have died, fighting to ensure a peaceful future for this region and the entire world. Their task, and that of our President, is far from an (SEnll (o)In(B Chief of Police Finlayson put thumbs down on making the 100 East cross-walk across 400 South part of the existing School Zone in front of the Art Museum at Tuesday Tues-day evening's city council meeting at city hall. Finlayson did not explain why he does not want the school zone extended other than he does not have the man power to patrol the street. Local citizens fear that a child walking to the middle school will be killed or injured in-jured at the 100 East crossing because of the large amount of traffic on 400 South. Council members had been told on several occasions occa-sions that the issue was connected with the school, but when Nebo School Dis-. trict Superintendent Carl Nielson was asked in Tuesday Tues-day evening's meeting about the cross-walk he said that it was not a school problem and that the city has control of the street. All council members seemed to favor the issue of extending the school zone in the interest of child safety. It was noted that crossing guards are not required at ts' performance OFF the field. As I watched your students stu-dents celebrating after the show, I could not help but be impressed with how much they were enjoying what they were doing. I also noted the tremendous pride they had in neighborhood bordering two school zones. The two crosswalks cross-walks located by Ream's grocery store are especially hard to get across. Too often I see school-aged children standing at both crosswalks, with motorists unwilling to stop to let them cross. It angers me to see mothers drive their children in their "safe" cars, but. have no courtesy to let other people's children safely cross at an intersection. Several times I have crossed that intersection myself to shop at Ream's, and I don't think anyone has ever stopped to let me cross with my little girl in tow. Something needs to be done, most importantly because it is your children that people are not looking out for and recognizing as pedestrians. On Main Street last week I was behind a car who attempted to stop at the 7-11 convenience store crosswalk, only to end up driving through it because the car from Saudi Arabia easy one. But J am gratified to observe the fervor an dedication they exhibit, Tjin carrying out their dangerous duties. I realize that there will be time of difficulty in the struggle to make the Middle East a more peaceful place to live. But the long-term goal of a more peaceful world should be kept in mind during dur-ing these difficult times. I encourage all my fellow Americans back home to continue to give their full support to our far-sighted either the 200 East crossing or the 100 East crossing because the middle school is considered to be a secondary school such as the junior high or high school. At the present time Nebo School District is proposing to change the middle school to an elementary school to include kindergarten through sixth grade. Should this happen a crossing guard or guards would be required at the crossing. On clarification with city administrator Layne Long after the meeting, Long stated that the school zone will be lengthened to the west on 400 South to include the 100 East crossing. He indicated that city staff will come back with various alternatives for moving the school zone and making it as safe as possible. Honored Springville police officer Dean Pederson was honored by Utah State Department of Child and Family Services as the South County Police Officer of the Year. Officials from DCFS awarded the special honor to officer Pederson for his their band, and how much they cared for each other and you. Your students are a credit to you, Springville High School, the City of Springville and the State of Utah. 1 am glad you have chosen cho-sen our event to participate P A (P F JL -ZAXJI -L behind her almost crashed into her and was honking his horn at the lady trying to stop for the pedestrian. Are we in such a hurry that we justify driving reckless through town in a 30-MPH speed zone? In many parts of the city, crosswalks contained con-tained two orange cones with a bright yellow cutout of a toddler crossing the road. Although I don't see this as a solution, I must give a hand to the school because it did make people notice. I don't even know if our city would benefit from orange flags like they have around BYU and in downtown Salt Lake, but I definitely see it as a step towards educating drivers. In the end, I realize that drivers are going to drive hbw they want, but I hope that this brings awareness to our city members and that we make a conscious effort to improve our driving responsibilities. re-sponsibilities. Christie Poulson Springville President and to the service-inen service-inen and , wpmejn , fighting, , jfl the Middle East.. Please keep, them and all of us "Americans residing in this dangerous, part of the world in your prayers; and let's hope that all of us can strive to bring about the long-term goal of a peaceful, democratic region that experiences the end of conflict and disharmony and the birth of peace, concord and brotherly love. Kim Hester Dhahran, Saudia Arabia "dedicated service" to children chil-dren in the south Utah County Coun-ty area. Introduced Hazel Dunsmore was introduced to the mayor and council as the new executive assistant to the city administrator, adminis-trator, Layne Long. Long, who did the introduction, intro-duction, indicated that she was selected from 150 applicants. appli-cants. Dunsmore has worked five years for Provo City as staff for the Provo City Council and also recently for a non-profit organization in Provo concerned with affordable afford-able housing. She is originally from Nottingham England. School Bond Election Carl Nielson, Nebo School District Superintendent, Superinten-dent, and Chris Sorensen, a member of the district staff, met with the city to discuss the scheduled bond election scheduled for February 3, 2004. Nielson explained that the bond will cover the construction construc-tion of 10 new schools in the district by the year 2010 and includes two new high schools, one in Salem and one on the Mapleton bench. in, and I hope you will come back for an eighteenth time! Dean L. McNair : Band Director Tokay High School . Chairman Grape Bowl Classic. Band Review Lodi, CA Springville Police report Springville Police had 220 calls last week including 44' for animals of ' which 23 of them were for strays.- . Eight male juveniles, ages 15 to 17, were caught destroying de-stroying a mailbox and charged with criminal mischief. mis-chief. Another male juvenile and an adult male were charged with disorderly conduct in another incident. Liliana Alejandra Aguir-re, Aguir-re, 1408 N. -1750 West,. Provo, was cited for driving on a suspended license. Jeremy Bloom, 95 S. 100 East 7, Springville, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Johnathan LaMont Cline, 315 W. 100 South, Springville, Springvil-le, was arrested for possession posses-sion of a stolen credit card, possession of prescription drugs without a prescription, possession of marijuana and possession of stolen property. Two female juveniles were charged with theft and burglary of a vehicle. Jennifer Jen-nifer Fowler, 365 N. 400 East, Springville, was arrested arrest-ed for a warrant. Michael Tbomas Joynes, 621 E. Swenson 4, Springville, Spring-ville, was charged with criminal trespass. Michael Jeffs, 555 S. 470 East 1, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Demetrio Menchaca, 261 W. 300 South, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Wesley Brian Morgan, 85 W. 100 North, Joseph, Utah, was. cited for open containeri r-- .. . a 'T,'T- of alcohol.' - ! -y Justin' CHseh, '55 :E.' 500" South, Springville; was arrested for a warrant. Michael Mi-chael Quarhstrom, 1496 N. 250 East, Springville, was arrested for possession : of drug paraphernalia, possession posses-sion of marijuana, marijuana cultivation, possession of mushrooms and distribution of mushrooms. Jena Lynn Seamons, 95 Jarvis St., Eureka, was cited for driving on a suspended license. Cherie Shaw, 300 S. 1600 East, Price, was arrested arrest-ed for a warrant. A female juvenile was charged with intoxication and curfew. There were six auto burglaries bur-glaries resulting in the loss of: $800 cash and a $900 check; speakers and binoculars; binocu-lars; purse, cell phone and cash; cell phone; checkbook; and tape deck. A storage unit was broken into and toolboxes, toolbox-es, shoes and jewelry taken. Other thefts included a calculator calcu-lator from the middle school; gasoline; two bikes; food from truck trailers; and a wallet from Wal-Mart. Nielson said the schools are desperately needed to accommodate . the expect growth over the next seven years. " ' He also explained that the district will also need an increase in the property tax leeway which will make, staffing and operation of the schools possible. $2.5 million In other actions the coun- h cil voted to roll over $2.5 million worth of warrants used to put in roads,- sewer and water on the Milt Christ-ensen Christ-ensen industrial complex on the west side of 1-15 between the north and south freeway -interchanges to the city. , r The warrants will all expire next December 1. ; ' Also connected with the roll-over is the construction of a new west frontage road access at the 400 south 1-15 interchange. Council also approved installing the sprinkler system sys-tem at the new Hobble Creek Park in the Hunter Valley , ' , area of the city. The system will have the option to gain water for the park from culinary water of from nearbv Hobble Creek - V |